I’d love to replace every self-congratulatory song in our music issue with that one. “Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast!”A Catholic convert (it happened to be James White’s sister) was asked by a Protestant why she wore a crucifix– it was bugging the Protestant that she put such emphasis on the suffering and death of Jesus. The Catholic answered her with this hymn and the Protestant was satisfied:Lest I forget GethsemaneLest I forget Thine agonyAnd lest I forget Thy love to meLead me to Calvary.

Another good response to Protestant criticism of crucifixes is to quote St Paul:”We preach Christ, and him crucified.”

http://www.blogger.com/profile/17691145638703824456 kkollwitz

“We preach Christ, and him crucified.”I’ll remember this.

http://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637 jim thompson

beautiful….

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